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Paddington 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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VITAL STATISTICS.
The Metropolitan Borough of Paddington as constituted under the Local Government Act,
1899, covers an area of 1,356·1 acres, including 200 acres of waterways. It is co·extensive with
the Civil Parish and Registration District of the same name. The Borough is divided into
nine wards.

Table: General Summary of Vital Statistics.

General Summary of Vital Statistics.

Year.Estimated Population.Births.Deaths at All Ages.Deaths under One Year.
Registered Locally.Transfers.Nett.Registered Locally.Gross Mortality.Transfers.Nett.Registered Locally.Nett.
Out.In.Totals.Rates.Out.In.Totals.Mortality.Number.MortalityTotals.Mortality.
1913142,2292,832552423,01920·872,07114·334073151,97913·68342121305101
1914142,0872,708492742,93320·641,89213·313473501,89513·3331211528196
1915131,3972,506592672,71420·652,30417·533703522,28617·39343137319117
1916T142,1692,378613722,68918·91..................28912125394
C136,668...............1,92414·723703261,88014·38
1917T136,5611,834773342,09115·31..................290158273135
C122,507...............1,99716·303213742,05016·73
1918T131,6731,7981183372,01715·31..................266148235116
C117,517...............1,99917·013455952,24919·13
1919T149,9412,0161544542,31615·44..................21310521291
C143,938...............1,49910·413107251,91413·29
1920T150,1283,1812514833,41322·73..................2798726678
C149,673...............1,66711·133704101,70711·40
1921145,6002,6532965022,85919·631,78412·253723461,75812·0730711526392
1922145,3002,5572884622,73118·791,92913·273653241,88812·992248818969
1923146,2002,4102754852,62017·921,74311·923383171,72211·772078618069
1924146,4002,3432844462,50517·112,05414·034753411,92013·112329919678
1925147,1002,2063124432,33715·882,01113·675703391,78012·101968817072 86
1926146,7002,1313454622,24815·322,06714·095543441,85712·6521098194
1927142,7002,0643224742,21615·532,00614·054894191,93613·561889117679
1928145,2002,0743764792,17714·991,95413·455074461,89313031868918685

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"T"=Total; "C"=Civil.
POPULATION.
The Registrar·General's estimate of the population of the Borough for the year 1928 was
145,200.
It will be noticed that there has been an increase of 2,500 in the population according
to the Registrar·General's estimates. One may venture to assert that there has been no such
sudden increase of the population. Attention was drawn in last year's Annual Report to
the varying estimates of the population of Paddington furnished by the Registrar·General
from year to year and to the effect that such varying estimates have in causing corresponding
fluctuations in the death·rate and birth·rate, which are more apparent than real.

Table: The populations in the various wards have been estimated to be as shown in the following table:—

The populations in the various wards have been estimated to be as shown in the following table:—

The Borough145,200
Wards—
Queen's Park15,856North Paddington 73,301
Harrow Road27,693
Maida Vale22,244
Town7,508
Westbourne24,259·South Paddington 71,899
Church17,606
Lancaster Gate, West9,594
Lancaster Gate, East8,214
Hyde Park12,226

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MARRIAGES.
During 1928, 1,724 marriages were solemnized in the Borough, being a rate of 23·7 persons
per 1,000 of the population.